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The Daily PRINCETONIAN Entered* as Second Class Matter VOL. LXXXVI, No. 8 PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1962 Post Office, Princeton. NJ. TEN CENTS McCosh Fund Pick Goldman Letters Stir Conflict Humanities Fellowships For Endowed History Chair On Shelter Program Will Promote Research Eric F. Goldmanhas been named By JOHN W. FISCHER The two Individual scholarships in the The fund will be administered Philip and Beulah Rollins Profes- publication of open letters to President Kennedy con- cerning the building of and social sciences will by a faculty committee consisting sor of History at Princeton, Presi- fallout shelters has added fuel to the conflict humanities among faculty be offered to senior members of the of one member appointed by the dent Goheen announced yesterday. members over the value of such a project. Princeton faculty under a new fel- President from the Council of the The appointment, effective on About 120 members of the Princeton faculty and 68 members lowship program announced by Humanities, Council on Human Re- January 1, makes him thefirst in- of the Rutgers faculty have published a letter endorsing Kennedy's fall- President Goheen yesterday. lations and the University Com- cumbent of the Rollins chair, one out program in the February 11 issue of the Princeton Town Topics. A special fund, named in honor mittee on Research in the Human- of five endowed professorships in A letter opposing the program, signed by 100 faculty members, of James McCosh, Princeton's 11th ities and Social Sciences. the Department of History. appeared in the Washington Post December 26, 1961. The letter president, will spend approximate- The fellowships will be awarded Dr. Goldman is a 1953 recipient originated at Harvard and M.I.T. of the'Bancroft nation's ly $50; 000 annually to permit out- at the October meeting of the Prize, the College professors all over the country have displayed an unprece- Standing scholars to devote them- Board of Trustees in the year most coveted annual award for dented interest in the issue of fallout shelters. selves to research programs of previous to that in which the ap- "distinguished writing in Ameri- In commenting about the fallout issue, one Princeton professor particular promise. pointments are to be effective. can history." The award was pre- remarked, "This is all you ever hear in the faculty lounge." sented for his book, "Rendezvous The scholarships will b* award- Signs Letter with A History Mod- Goheen ed on a competitive basis, over and Destiny, of The affirmative letter, signed by Scholarly Council ern Reform." President Goheen and Profes- above normal departmental quotas American sors John A. of the Physics Department and An authority on modern Ameri- Wheeler R. Paul Ramsey, and Humanities Council Fellow- chairman of the Religion Department, among Presents Awards can cultural history, he others, endorsed the ships. wrote.the shelters as a step "which would 1956 best seller, "The reduce the temptation to blackmail Highest University Awards To Scott Crucial Dec- our government Mendel ade, into surrender, in small steps. "They will be considered the Two Princeton professors—Ar- America, 1945-55," which he "In a world in which the magnitude of possible conflict is un- highest awards that the university thur Mendel of the Music Depart- has since enlarged to cover U. S. foreseeable, it is.not advisable to rely solely on normally ranking above ment and B. Y. Scott history through 1960. ... the thermo- bestows, Robert of nuclear deterrent. We also need a which would the He is, in addition, the author or shield render possible normal leaves and such other fel- Religion Department—hay c threats to our nation less formidable.- low.ships as those offered by the been awarded research fellowships co-authon of several other books "The existence of such a shield may mean the between of the Pres- by the American Council of Learn- including "The World's History," difference Council Humanities," an America that has been terribly damaged, but enough ident Goheen said. ed Societies. a high school text used throughout has skilled, the country and generally consid- courageous people to keep it going . and an America that has lost "Each McCosh Faculty Fellow- The two are among 53 recipients ered the best in its field. so large a portion of its people that the survivors are forced to surren- ship shall be equivalent to a term of the nationally competitive fel- A graduate and former profes- (Continued on page three) of leave and will, in addition, in- lowships, awarded for post-doctoral sor at Johns Hopkins University, clude a drawing of $750 research in the humanities and re- account Dr. Goldman Has been at Princeton for research-related expenses. lated social sciences during the (Continued on page four) Those holding the' fellowships will year, 1962-63. be so listed each year in the Uni- Dr. Mendel's research will con- versity Catalogue," he added. sist of a critical edition of Johann Cape Canaveral Coverage J. Douglas Brown '19, dean of Bach's "St. John Passion." Alan W. Richards, photogra- the faculty, emphasized the import- The professor is recognized as pher for the Alumni Weekly, one ance of scholarship opportunities of the country's leading au- and Melvin M. Masuda '64, in the humanities and social sci- thorities on Bach's music. Daily Princetonian reporter and ences to balance such programs in A Harvard graduate, he came to a second lieutenant in the science and engineering which have the Princeton faculty in 1952 as AFROTC program, will cover extensive government support. chairman of the Music Department. the Mercury orbital attempt Dr. Mendel is past president, of Wednesday morning at Cape Ca- TODAY the Board of Trustees of the Dal- naveral. The pair left from Newark 4:30 p.m. "Buoyant croze School. Densi- Airport this morning to report ty Titrations —of Polypeptides and He was for 17 years the conduc- to the headquarters of the Na- Nuclei Acids," biochemistry sem- tor'of the Cantata Singers of New tional Aeronautics and Space inar, J. Vinogfad, California In- York City, a small chorus special- Administration (NASA) Coco stitute of Technology. 309 Frick. izing in music of the 17thand 18th at Beach, Fla. 8 p.m. "Lateral Inhibition Centuries. ' Richards will take pictures of in the Skin,— the Ear and the Dr. Scott, a prominent Old Test- the launching for the Air Force, Eye," lecture by Georg yon Beke- ament scholar, will devote his fel- ON THE AFFIRMATIVE: Eugene'P. Wigner, professor of physks, while Masuda will file stories for sy, Harvard University, 10 Mc- lowship to an investigation of the stands in his basement fallout shelter next to a cabinet containing the Princetonian. a radiation counter and other emergency supplies. He belongs to the Cosh. (Continued on page three) faculty group, which includes President Goheen, supporting shelters. Mayor Patterson Fulfills Basic Campaign Promise By FRANK B. MERRICK something it isn't. I wish to growth in the borough. He fol- "We don't want to cash in on The urban renewal project, for point out that Princeton has lowed the advice of his consul- Princeton's economic potential. the two-block area behind the grown in the past without urban tant, F. Dodd McHugh that by We want to keep Princeton the Playhouse was killed at a recent renewal." 1980, 99,000 people would be de- way it is." Planning Board meeting, Bor- He said that he is planning to pendent on the borough for their Washington Rd. Bypass ough Mayor Henry S. Patterson go ahead with the relocation of economic support. Concerning the 206 A bypass '43 said yesterday in an inter- Jackson St., within the area of Mayor Patterson and his Re- issue, Mayor Patterson said be- view. the urban renewal project, but it publican slate was strongly fore the election, "It's time the The defeat of this issue repre- will not be done with federal against this concept. He argued kid gloves were taken off. We sents the fulfillment of a basic funds. in the campaign, "We must anti- have! to substitute action for promise made to borough voters At the Planning Board meet- cipate growth, not encourage it." words." by the mayor during his cam- ing, a motion was made to take Apparently he has succeeded He said that in the past month paign last fall. a new vote for blight determina- in this important point of his he has conferred with officials of Before the election, he came tion in the two-block area. Five campaign. municipalities involved in the members the including out. strongly against urban re- of board, He said in the interview that bypass plan. "We must arrive newal, which involves a determi- Mayor Patterson, voted against the Planning Board has rehired at a unified approach to the prob- and two voted for the nation of blight, dislocation of measure. McHugh to revise his revisions lem. We must come up with a residents and redevelopment of Martin L. Beck, chairman of (made under Mayor Male)<to the crash program. the area with federal funds. the board and a former advocate overall master plan for the bor- "It will involve exerting as Mayor Patterson said at that of urban renewal, was absent. ough. "The consultant is only a much pressure as we can coor- time, "Urban renewal, as it is During the election, former technician. We tell him what we dinate. It may involve going to presently being applied, is being Henry S. Patterson '43 Mayor Raymond F. Male was want in the borough and he'll tell Washington." used to change Princeton into Opposes Urban Renewal strongly in favor of encouraging us how to do it," the mayor said.